Heinrich Schönfeld (3 August 1900 – 3 September 1976) was an Austrian

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who played as a forward, and football

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Club career

Nicknamed "Beppo", Schönfeld was born in Kolozsvár,

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, and was Jewish. He made his professional debut as a

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in 1916 at 16 years of age for Austrian team SpC Rudolfshügel, but was later converted into a striker. He moved to Sportclub Meran in 1921. In 1923, Schönfeld moved to Italian side

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. There, he became the top scorer in the 1923–1924

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, scoring 22 goals, in 20 games, as he scored 51.1% of this team's goals. He spent one season with

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. He returned to Austria in 1926 with Hakoah Vienna. In 1926, he played a tour in the United States with Hakoah. He later spent time playing in the American Soccer League with Brooklyn Wanderers, Brooklyn Hakoah, and New York Hakoah. He coached in Italy between 1930 and 1935 for Juventus Trapani and Catanzarese. Schönfeld emigrated to Canada with his wife Elisabeth in 1952. He died in

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on 3 September 1976.

References

External links

Profile at Inter Archive
1900 births 1976 deaths Footballers from Cluj-Napoca People from the Kingdom of Hungary Jews from Austria-Hungary Austrian men's footballers Inter Milan players Torino FC players Serie A players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Vienna First Vienna FC players Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players Brooklyn Hakoah players New York Hakoah players Hakoah All-Stars players FC Trapani 1905 players Jewish footballers Jewish Austrian sportspeople Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Austrian emigrants to Canada Austrian expatriate football managers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate football managers in Italy Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{austria-footy-forward-stub